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Voters will also be voting for treasurer, but West Siders won’t be selecting an alderman in the runoff because the incumbents were reelected Feb. 26th in the 28th, 29th and 37th wards.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle also did well in West Side wards; she faces former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot in the April 2nd runoff.
Eight of the 14 candidates running for mayor Feb. 26th participated in last week’s forum, which was organized by the Chicago Westside chapter of the NAACP.
Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin has organized Saturday’s event at By the Hand. The public is also invited Thursday, July 7th to a community meeting sponsored by the Greater Austin Independent Political Organization.
Thirty-year-old Amara Enyia is challenging Rahm Emanuel in a campaign she hopes puts the focus on uniting neighborhoods across the city.
The former chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Danny Davis won a close race Tuesday, beating a field of four other candidates seeking the Democratic nomination.
They’ve asked the Cook County Board president to allow the faith community to oversee and assist with solutions to bury dead bodies piling up at the medical examiner’s office.
On Sunday, community leaders and elected officials will participate in an “Occupy the Dream” event at The Peoples Church.
Earlean Collins, who represents Austin on the 17-member Cook County Board, reversed her earlier decision. Most of the county’s 23,000-some workers are taking furlough days to help balance the budget.
It’s unclear how Cook County will pay for the thousands of burials the state covered last year.